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The Guard of Honour was a convocation tradition at IITM. After being received by the institute director and registrar, the chief guest would be presented a Guard of Honour by the N.C.C. (National Cadet Corps) cadets. The chief guest would inspect the guard along with the N. C. C. prof. in charge. Here Sir C.V. Raman inspects the Guard of Honour along with 2/Lt. G. V. N. Rayudu. A few N.C.C. events that had taken place over the prior months were the N.C.C. Day parade (14th December, 1965), EME Camp at Bangalore and a tank attack demonstration with air support that took place on the Institute…

On the dais, from the right: Prof. S. Sampath (Head of the Electrical Engineering department), Dr. K. S. G. Doss (Director of Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute), Mr. P. M. Reddy (General Manager of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.), Mr. G. K. Chandiramani (Member of the Indian Institute of Technology Council), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras, Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Madras) and Sir C. V. Raman (Indian physicist, Nobel laureate). The speech delivered by Sir C. V. Raman had nuances of nostalgia to it as he recalled his own college days…

During the convocation ceremony, apart from the conferment of degrees, it was customary for the Institute to bestow a few special prizes on a select few students. The prizes are: President’s Prize (for the B. Tech. degree student who held the best academic record), Governor’s Prize (for all-round proficiency in the B. Tech. degree course), Institute Special Merit Prize (for the student of the 3-year B. Tech. degree course with the best academic record), Institute Merit Prizes (for the students with best academic record in each discipline of each course) and the Siemens Prizes (presented by M/…

The Governor’s Prize was awarded to Mr. Lionel Paul (B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering-5 Years) who represented IITM in a number of inter-collegiate sports tournaments and meets. He played tennis, hockey and table tennis. He also participated in track and field events. During his time at IIT Madras he evolved into an outstanding singles player and won the Stanley Cup, conducted by the Loyola College, for inter-collegiate Tennis a number of times. His tennis prowess even allowed him to tuck away a win against the Wimbledon semi-finalist Anand Amritraj one year! Lionel Paul served as General…

The Guard of Honour was a convocation tradition at IITM. After being received by the institute director and registrar, the chief guest would be presented a Guard of Honour by the N.C.C. (National Cadet Corps) cadets. The chief guest would inspect the guard along with the N. C. C. prof. in charge. Here Sir C.V. Raman inspects the Guard of Honour along with 2/Lt. G. V. N. Rayudu. A few N.C.C. events that had taken place over the prior months were the N.C.C. Day parade (14th December, 1965), EME Camp at Bangalore and a tank attack demonstration with air support that took place on the Institute…

After the conferment of the Degrees, the Registrar presented the graduates for the award of prizes: President’s Prize (for the B. Tech. degree student who held the best academic record), Governor’s Prize (for all-round proficiency in the B. Tech. degree course), Institute Special Merit Prize (for the student of the 3-year B. Tech. degree course with the best academic record), Institute Merit Prizes (for the students with best academic record in each discipline of each course) and the Siemens Prizes (presented by M/s. Siemens Engineering and Manufacturing Company of the India Limited, Madras,…

One of the recipients of the Siemens Prize was Mr. S. Pasupathy (M. Tech. in Electrical Engineering). . He also received an Institute Merit Prize during the convocation ceremony. He received M. Phil. and Ph. D. degrees in Engineering & Applied Science from Yale University in 1970 and 1972, respectively. The next year, 1973, he joined the ECE Department at the university of Toronto and taught UG and PG courses for more than 35 years. He served as Chairman of the Communication Group and Associate Chairman of ECE. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, Engineering Institute of Canada and Canadian…

At the third convocation a total of 305 students (203 B. Tech. degrees, 38 M. Sc. degrees and 64 M. Tech. degrees) received their degrees. The event commenced with an invocation, and the ceremony was declared open by Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan), the Chairman of the Board of Governors. This was followed by the department-wise ‘passing of Grace’. The head of each department respectively supplicates ‘Doth it please you that this Grace be passed’ to the members of the Board of Governors and Senate. After each member of the board assents, the Grace is passed. In the photo,…

The third convocation of IIT Madras was held on the 30th July, 1966. The convocation took place on a Saturday evening at the Institute’s Open Air Theatre. A total of 305 students received their degrees at the event. Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan), the chairman of the Board of Governors presided over the ceremony. The chief guest and speaker at this event was Sir C. V. Raman, the Indian physicist, Nobel laureate and Bharat Ratna recipient.

During the convocation ceremony, apart from the conferment of degrees, it was customary for the Institute to bestow a few special prizes on a select few students. The prizes are: President’s Prize (for the B. Tech. degree student who held the best academic record), Governor’s Prize (for all-round proficiency in the B. Tech. degree course), Institute Special Merit Prize (for the student of the 3-year B. Tech. degree course with the best academic record), Institute Merit Prizes (for the students with best academic record in each discipline of each course) and the Siemens Prizes (presented by M/…

The chief guest and speaker at IIT Madras’s third convocation was Sir C. V. Raman, the Indian physicist, Nobel laureate and Bharat Ratna recipient. Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan), the chairman of the Board of Governors, presided over the ceremony. This photo was captured as some of the dignitaries conversed casually with one another after the convocation. From left; Prof. B. Sengupto (First Director of IITM), Sir C.V. Raman, Dr. A.L. Mudaliar, Mr. G. K. Chandiramani (Member of the Indian Institute of Technology Council) Mr. T. N. Venkataraman (Chief Security Officer).…

Seen in the image inspecting the parade from the left is 2/Lt. G. V. N. Rayudu (NCC commander, Department of Mechanical Engineering) and Sir C. V. Raman (Indian physicist, Nobel laureate). The guard of honour was a convocation tradition at IITM. After being received by the Institute’s Director and Registrar, the chief guest would be presented a guard of honour by the N.C.C. (National Cadet Corps) cadets. The chief guest would inspect the guard along with the N. C. C. prof. in charge. A few N.C.C. events that had taken place over the prior months were the N.C.C. Day parade (14th December…

At the third convocation a total of 305 students (203 B. Tech. degrees, 38 M. Sc. degrees and 64 M. Tech. degrees) received their degrees. The event commenced with an invocation, and the ceremony was declared open by Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan), the Chairman of the Board of Governors. This was followed by the department-wise ‘passing of Grace’. The head of each department respectively supplicates ‘Doth it please you that this Grace be passed’ to the members of the Board of Governors and Senate. After each member of the board assents, the Grace is passed. In the photo,…

The convocation took place on a Saturday evening at the Institute’s Open Air Theatre. The chief guest and speaker at this event was Sir C. V. Raman, the Indian physicist, Nobel laureate and Bharat Ratna recipient. Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan), the chairman of the Board of Governors, presided over the ceremony. After being presented a Guard of Honour by the cadets of the N.C.C, Sir C. V. Raman was received by Dr. A. L. Mudaliar, who introduced him to all the members of the council and senate members who were present at the occasion before proceeding to don the academic…

Seen in the image from the right: Prof. B. Sengupto (Director) and Ms. N. Chandralekha (M.Sc. Mathematics). Ms. Chandralekha graduated with distinction. A total of 38 students (1965 and 1966) received their M.Sc. degrees during the third convocation. Prof. Bibhutibhushan Sengupto (1905-1983) acquired his early education from Benaras Hindu University, which was amongst the first universities in India and one of the earliest universities to offer Engineering education. Later, Prof. Sengupto went to Manchester for his further education. Upon returning from the UK, he joined the Victoria…